Printing-telegraph receiver.



I. E. WRIGHT.

PRINTING TELEGRAPH RECEIVER. APPLICATION` FILED IULY 2'4. i914.

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PRINTING TELEGRAPH RECEIVER. APPLICATION FILEu I uLv 24,1914.

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PRINTING TELEGRAPII RECEIVER. APPLICATION FlLED JULY 24, |914.1,171,379, Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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PRINTING TELEGRARH REcEIvER.

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PRINTINGl TELEGRAPH RECEIVER.

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PRINTING TELEGRAPH RECEIVER.

APPLICATION F!LED 1ULY24. 1914.

Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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KEY BOARD JOHN EDWARD-WRIGHT, OF PITTSBURGH, IEENITSYL'VAIIIA.4

PRINTING-TELEGRAPH RECEIVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, i916.

Application filed July 24, 1914. Serial No. 852,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. WRIGHT, a

-citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, Allegheny county,Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPrinting-Telegraph Iieceivers, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The subject of the invention which I am aboutto describe and -claim inthis application, is a printing telegraph receiver, an instrument which,receiving over a telegraph line afgiven impulse or group of impulses, isadjusted or set thereby in a certain definite condition, and, bymeans ofsuitable power-driven mechanism is caused, by reason of such adjustment,to print a character corresponding to such group of impulses, or to feedthe type wheel, or the paper or to perform any other given operationwhich the group of impulses received may determine. I have shown anddescribed in prior patents and applications, devices of this character,which in general, are constructed and designed to operate insubstantially this manner, but in the present instance, I have -not onlyintroducedinto the machine improvements which make for its greater speedand eiiiciency, but I have also added certainfeatures which extend its-usefulness by giving it lcertain other and novel functions, and make itcapable of performing operations which no other machine of the kind, sofa'ras I am aware, has ever been designed to effect.

In the class of machine to which that of the present application is mostclosely related, and which I have elsewhere described, I employ what Iterm a translator, which in general terms is a series of permutationbars or their equivalents and corre'- sponding electromagnets, whichlatter receiving current impulses in Varying order from a sun liower inthe line or line-controlled local, operate, together with suitableactuating mechanism, to shift one or more or none of said bars, wherebycertain corresponding levers, or their equivalents, are permitted tomove into recesses formed by the alinement of notches in the bars, andto thereby determine .the extent to which` a 4typewheel is turned orlifted, or both, or

to effect any other operation of the machine which may correspond to thelever or levers which have thus moved from their normal position. y Inmy present machine I employ a device of this character, but I combineall of the shifting permutation bars and Inoving levers in a singledevice, and with such device I employ a power-driven shaft that operatesby means of cams and ,othe r connections to shift 'the type wheelhorizontally and vertically according to the particular levers that havebeen permitted to move, and to perform such other operations' .as themoving levers may determine. These as '.belongifngffto one of threeclasses, first ;v those that determine the amount of horizontal movementofthe type Wheel ;v second, those that determine the extent of itsvertical movement, and third; those which control other power-actuateddevices for feeding the type wheel or the paper or performing any of thevarious other operations of which the device iscapable. Givenzthen, acertain number of permutation bars' and magnets, and in practice, I usesix of each, it is manifest that I may use with them a large number ofmovable or controlling levers, each capable of effecting, when;4perlevers, for this purpose, may be regarded.

to permit any one or more of such levers to v move, according to thespecial character of 4the series of impulses transmitted, to effectcharacter will be described by reference to' the accompanying drawings.,I have, however, introduced a device which I term a manual shift, whichoperates in conjunction with the other devices which perform the variousnecessary operations. For this purpose I select any one of a number ofwhat have designated levers lof the third class which when allowed, bythe adjustment of the permutation bars, moves into the path of theswinging lever that effects four lifts of the type wheel, a stop whichprevents that lever from moving. This manual shift is controlled by .aspecial key in the keyboard of the transmitter, which when operated,effects the operation described, but none other and leaves the machineadjusted so .that when the group of impulses corresponding to thecharacter for which the shift is needed is then sent, the mechanismwhich lifts the type wheel to next in the highest position not beingarrested by its appropriate lever, as that has been blocked, keeps onanother step and lifts the wheel to its nal or fifth position, fromwhich it is returned to normal position after the selected character inthe fifth row has been impressed, and the stop returned to normal.position by the operation of the printing mechanism. This manual shift,it will be observed, requires two groups of transmitted impulses for itsfull operation, but I use it only for the dollar mark, quotation marksand other unusual characters, so thatI it is seldom required, and in theend adds very greatly to the capabilities of the machine.

In the practical use of instruments of this kind, occasion frequentlyarises for sending a received despatch to a number of different localaddresses. For example, this often happens in railroad work, or it mayhappen that an operator sending to one city, such as New York, fromanother such as lashington, desires the message to be transmitted toother cities beyond, such as Boston. To 'meet such a case l combine withthe receiver a perforator, the punches of which are operated directly bythe movable permutation bars, so that when operated it will produce aperforated tape which when run through an automatic transmitter willreproduce the same signals and message. This device is under the controlof the sending operator and mayv be brought into or thrown out ofoperative engagement with the receiver at will by the transmission ofcertain definite series or groups of impulses. This also constitutes animportant present invention.

The aboveand other improvements in the details of the instrument, areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a topplan view of the complete receiving' or printing mechanism with theupper portions removed. Fig. 2 is an end viewr ofthe apparatus showingthe translator mechanism. Fig. 3 is a view of the opposite end of theinstrument. Fig.' 4.- isa detailed illustra-tion of the means forreversing the feed movement of the type wheel. Fig. 5 is a sectionalview of the instrument looking toward the left. Fig. 6 is n.

specific feature of my or any other suitable motor.

a front elevation of 'the instrument with portions of the same insection. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section of the device, omittingcertain parts shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail of the controllingmechanism. Figs. 9 and 10 are detailed views of portions of the stopdevices for the feed mechanism, showing the construction of the same.Fig. 11 is a view partly in top plan and partly in horizpntal section ofportions of the apparatus. Fig. 12 is a detail of the printingmechanism. Fig. 13 is a sectional detail of Fig. 11 looking toward theleft. Fig. 14 is a diagram of segments. Fig. 15 is a detail of themechanism for controlling the perforator. Fig. 16 is a horizontalsectional view of the perforator. Fig. 17 is a vertical sectional viewof the same. Fig. 18 is a view of a piece of perforated tape. Fig. 19 isan enlarged detail view of the starting mechanism for the power shaft.Fig. 20 is a diagram of the keyboard of the transmitter. Fig. 21 is aschematic view of the type wheel, and Fig. Q2 is a diagrammaticillustration of the translator bars to illustrate their mode ofoperation.

In describing the several parts of the instrument by reference to thesedrawings, 1'

shall state, as far as may be necessary, their functions or mode ofoperation, so that the operation of the machine as a whole wili beunderstood without recourse to a general description of the same.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 6, which afford a good illustration of thegeneral construction of the device, 1 is a base and 2, 2 two side plateson and between which the operative portions of the mechanism aremounted. 'Fliese latter consist, inthe main, of a paperholding and `feedshaft 3 adapted to carry a continuous sheet of paper; a type wheel 4capable of both rotary and longitudinal motion, a type wheel carriage 5,on which the type wheel is mounted, and the shafts, gearing and otherappliances for setting and feeding the typeY wheel, feeding the paperand performing other operations, which, so far as may be necessary foran understanding of the present invention will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

On the base plate 1 between the two sides of the instrument is mounted amain driving shaft 6 connected by means of a suitable clutch 14 with agear wheel 7 that meshes with the worm pinion 8, Fig. 19, on a shaft 9carrying a friction clutch 10 adapted to be continuously rotated bymeans of an electric The driving shaft is normally locked, but releasedby each turn of the sunflower and hence as each set or group ofl signalimpulses is received, is permitted to make a single revolution. This iseffected by a pivoted bell crank lever 11 which normally engages a tooth12 secured to the shaft. By means of an electromagnet 13 the lever 11 ismoved sufficiently to disengage the tooth, and as the shaft is connectedwith the gear 7 through a clutch v 14, the shaft 6 is permitted to makeone revolution. A pivoted spring actuated lever 15 engages at the propermoment a tooth on the cam disk 16 to prevent back lash of the shaft 6.

Onthe outsideof one of the vside plates 2 of the instrumentare mountedparts of the mechanism which setthe type wheeel and feed the paper. Onthe outside of the other plate 2 is secured the translator, which latterdevice will Vbe understood by reference to Fig. 2. In this figure, 16and 17 represent the permutation bars mounted to slide longitudinally inguide plates 18. Midway between these bars isa seventh bar 19', whichhas a bodily movement at right angles tothe plane of the paper and isoperated by means of a connection 20, Figs. 1 and 7, with a rock shaft21 operated against a spring 22 by a connecting rod 25 between an arm onthe rock shaft and a pivoted lever 23 carrying a roller which bears onthe periphery of a cam 24 on the shaft 6.

Upon the bar 19 bear various levers pivoted to the frame and impelledtoward the said bar by spiral springs such as the spring 26 in Fig. 7.Of these levers the four marked 27 are those which control the liftingof the type wheel, while the others control the turning of the wheel andthe other operations incident to the machine. It will be understood thatall of the aforesaid levers normally 'rest upon the bar 19, but as thisbar, by each revolution of the shaft 6 is retracted, all of the leverscome or remain in contact with the bars 16 or 17 or fall into a row ofalined notches therein.

trol the horizontal movement of the type wheel. The sixth lever marked29 isthat which responds to the operation of the manual shift key. Theseventh lever marked 30 in conjunction with either of two levers 31responds to the combination lof impulses, which throw in or out ofoperation the perforator, and the eighth lever 32 responds inconjunction with any one of levers 33 to those combinations of impulsesthat correspond to other operations of the machine.

If a letter on the type wheel is to be printed which requires the wheelto be turned, say, one space, that combination of impulses is sent whichby the adjustment of the permutation-bars permits the first lever ingroup marked 28 to swing forward into the path of the sliding rack bar34, which is moved by a pinion 35 on a shaft' 36 l extending across themachine andl operating by the usual mechanism to rotate the type wheelwhen turned. On the other side of the machine this shaft 36 carries apinion 37 which engages a segmental gear 38, which is caused to swing bya spring connection 39 with a lever 41 under the machine, and which is'arocking arm on the shaft 42, which latter is arranged to be turnedthrough a partial revolution by each revolution of the power shaft 6.The extent to which the segment 38 will be thus turned depends upon thespace through which the rack bar is permitted to move, but if the firstlever 28 has swung over into the path.

of the rock bar, it is manife'st .that this movement will be very short,in other-words,

will be only sufficient to rotate the shaft 36 through an arc that turnsthe type wheel one step. From this the operation vof the other turninglevers will be understood. The type wheel is lifted by a similar device,that is to say, if the wheel is to be lifted the space of two rows. ofcharacters, that combination of impulses is sent` that permits, by theadjustment of the permutation bars 16, the second lever 27, countingfrom the left, to swing forward into the path of the rack bar 43 shiftedhorizontally by the pinion 44. This pinion ispon atriangular .shaft 45extending across the machine and connected by gearing with the typewheel so as to raise the latter when the shaft is rotated. At theopposite side of the machine is a pinion 46 on this shaft which gearswith a toothed segment 47 connected by a spring arm 48 with the rockingarm 41. The extent to which th'etype wheel islifted therefore dependsupon which one of the levers 27 swings into the path` lof and isencountered by the rack bar 43, and it will be observed .that since bothsegments 38 and 47 Iare connected by springs, forming a yieldingconnection with the lever 41, that the type wheel may be both turned andraised or either turned or raised by each movement of the arm 41, thatis, once for' each revolution 0f the shaft 6. A

The type wheel, by means of the above 4described mechanism is rotated4in steps each equal to two letter' spaces. fore, to print any4 of .theintermediate characters. the transfer is adjusted sothat that lever isset which under normal conditions would permit the machine to expose andprint the character immediatelv preceding, in the selected row,thejchararter desired. But in addition to the impulses sent 'to' effectthis adjustment a shift impulse is sent which In order, there- 1 thetype wheel bodily through one letter space is also operated. Themechanism for this purpose consists of a lever 84 fixed to a rock shaft85 mounted under the machine and said lever lies directly beneath theend of lever .62, so that whenever the latter is operated to transmitmovement to the type wheel, its depression operates the cross feed lever84. Then the shaft 85 is rocked in this way, it swings an arm 86 thatoperates a rod 87 that shifts a pawl 88 which rises into engagement witha new tooth on a feed ratchet 89 and on its downward movement turns thesamey through a space sufficient to advance the type wheel one letterspace.

lith the exception of means for feeding the paper and spacing betweenwords, which 'I have not as yet described, the above constitutes acompletely organized printing telegraph receiver, capable of suchoperation as the ordinary requirements of practice demand, but I proposeto effect certain other useful operations b'y different combinations ofimpulses, among which are the following: shifting the type wheel-topresent the fifth row of characters to the printing position; feedingthe paper line by line; transverse feeding for spacing without printing;returning the type Wheel to its original position from any point in theline';

feeding the type wheel bodily backwardI step by step for any desireddistance; ringing a bell for conventional signaling purposes; bringinginto operation a perforator, and throwing it out of operation. Otheroperations are possible but for purposes of this case they need not begone'into in detail.

VThe operation of raising the type wheel to a fifth position, iseffected by the operation of a` special key in the keyboard which sendsa certain combination of impulses that adjusts the permutation bars tosuch position that the sixth lever 29 swings forward. This movement ofthe lever engages a bell crank lever 90 which causes a slide 91 to movea toe 92 into the path of the first :lever 27 on the left, which is thatlever that permits the type wheel, under ordinary circumstances to belifted to the fourth position. This operation cuts out the printingmechanism so that the instrument after the operation is completed isleft with the stop 92 in line with the fourth lift lever 27. The nextcombination of signals sent may or may not be composed of impulses thatturn the` type wheel, but in any event the fourth position lever aloneof levers 27 is lactuated,but since it encounters the stop 92 therack-bar 43 does not strike it but passes beyond it sufficiently toraise the type wheel to a position wherein it exposes the lowermost orfifth row of characters.

On the pinion 75 which always operates when the printing operation iseffected, is a fixed arm or pin 93 which, on the move- ,bar 63.

ment of the pinion, encounters a pin 94 connected with the slide 91 andforces the latter back to its normal position of non-interference.

The operation of the lever 29 as above stated throws the printingmechanism out of action. The lower end of the lever when its other endswings into an alined series of notches in the permutation barsencounters a bar 95 carried by a pivoted bar 96 which latter isconnected by a rod 97 with a plate 98 pivoted to the reciprocating Whenthe arm is moved by the lever 29 the plate 98 is drawn backward outofthe path of the rod 67, so that the latter descends with arm 66without lowering the slide-bar 63 and without operating the printing orfeedrmechanism. The operation of the manual shift key, therefore, putsthe instrument into condition to print the characters inthe fifth rowwhich may next be selected, and the printing of that character restoresthe parts to their normal condition. Another operation necessary is thefeed of the paper line by line, and when this is done, the printingmechanism should not be operated. To effect this, I throw the lever 32which also engages the pin 95 and therefore cuts out the printingmechanism, andvone ofthe levers 33. Each of the last named levers isconnected by rods 99 with a block 100 secured to a vertical springactuated plunger 101, which is capable of being drawn by the movement ofthe bars 99 under the bar 67, but which is normally out of the path ofsaid bar. In the case assumed the plunger which lies over an arm 102fixed to a rock shaft 103 under the instrument is selected and swungunder thebar 67 and by 'the movement of the bar that particular plungeris depressed and the rock shaft 103 is turned. This shaft Vis connectedby an arm 104 with the rod 105 that connects with any suitable line feeddevice 108, shown in F ig. 5. v

In order to spacewithout printingthe llever 32 and that lever 33 whichdepresses the plunger over the arm 84 on rock shaft 85 are thrown. Thisoperates the transverse feed but not the printing mechanism.v

To return the type wheel from any point in a line the printing device isthrown out by lever 32 and that lever 33 which de-y presses the plunger101 which lies over an arm 106 on a rock shaft 107 that connects .bylevers with a rod 109, whichwhen drawn 109 brings a stop 113 thereonunder a spring catch 114, which holds the rod 109 down until the typeWheel has traversed its full homeward course. 0n the rod 87 of thespacing mechanism is a'stop 115 which lies under the tail of the catch114, so that after the next character is printed and the rod 87 liftedto space, the catch 114 is released from the stop 113.

It may frequently be desirable to turn the type wheel backward step bystep, to correct a wrongly printed character, to tabulate, or the like,and to do this the lever 32 and that lever 33 which depresses plunger101 that lies over the arm 116 ixed to a rock shaft 117 connected by anarm 118 to a rod 119 which is pivoted to a swinging pawl 120 engaging,when in action with the ratchet wheel 89, are selected. The pawl 120 hasa tail 121 which when the pawl is depressed by the rod 119 engages andshifts the stop 110, thereby disengaging the retaining pawl 122 and theoperating pawl 88 of the ratchet. As the spring in the barrel 111 isunder tension, the pawl 120 acts as an escapement and permits theratchet to turn back by one tooth for each -movement of the pawl. Bythis means the type wheel carriage and type wheel may be sent back stepby step to any desired position.

It is sometimes desirable that the sending operator may have some meansof transmitting a conventional signal over the wire, as for example,ringing a bell on the yreceiving instrument. For this purpose a bell 154is mounted under or at some convenient point on the receiver andprovided with a hammer 155- which is operated by a lever 156. To ringthe bell the lever 32 and that lever 33 which depresses a plunger 101immediately over the lever 156 are selected and set in operation.

In ordinary practice it is customary to file away the messages or copiesof the same and for this and other reasons it is desirable to haveI theblanks all of the same size. Sometimes a message covers only two orthree lines, in which case a number of blank lines must be fed't'o bringthe blank to the proper point to be torn off. The means for doing thisare shown in Fig. 2 and in Fig. 14.` A spring actuated lever 123 ispivoted alongvside of the bars 16, 17 and by a certain adjustment ofsaid bars is permitted to swing into an alined series of notches andengage a lever 124. The. movement of the latter forward, permits a bellcrank lever 125, Fig. 14,

being stopped by theI catch, continues in revolution feeding the paperline by line.

0n the frame of the instrument is mounted a gear wheel 130, Fig. 5,which is in gear with a pinion on thepaper feed shaft, and which makes,say, one revolution for each two of the said shaft. On the shaft of thegear wheel 130 is a pin 131 which rotates with the wheel and at a givenpoint this pin enga-ges the tail of the bell crank lever 125 and movesit. permitting the lever 124 to fall back and break the contacts 129. Bythis device the paper, by the actuation of the proper key of thetransmitter will be fed line by line until the pin 131 has made acomplete revolution, or until a blank of a given length is fed, and themachine will then be arrested.

The remaining operations provided for are the throwing into and out ofoperation of the perforator. This device is illustrated in Figs. 15 to18. It consists of a box or casing 132 in which are arranged a main orfeed punch 133 and six character punches 134, all spring seated. Thefeed punch 133 is operated by a pivoted lever 135 which lies in the pathof a rod 136 connected with an arm 137 on the shaft 57 which latter isturned with every operation o-f the instrument. The lever 135 has anotch 138 which l whenythe perforator is in its inoperative positionlies under the end of the rod 136, so that the feed punch is not movedby the movements of the shaft 57.V

rIhe box 132 is pladed in guide ways 139 and is capable of a limitedmovement therein, the guide ways being permanently attached ,to theframe =of the machine. Normally, the box is withdrawn, from theoperation of the punches by the action of a spring 140, To throw theperforator ipto action a combination of impulses is sent that permitsthe lever 30 and that one of levers 33 to swing forward which drawsunder the bar 67 the plunger 101 which is connectedwith a lever 141operatingI a reciprocating rod 142. When the plunger in question islowered, the rod 142 is raised and engages with a bell crank lever 143which engages a pin on the box 132 and .forces the latter forward untilit is caught by a spring latch' 144. This position is illustrated inFig. 17. In this position the six character punches lie directlyopposite the ends of the Six permutation bars 16 and 17, so that by eachoperation of the instrument the feed punch is operated to perforate aline of holes along the center of the paper, and such of the characterpunches as are impelled by the movement of the bars 16 and 17 are alsooperated to punch one or more holes in a transverse line. Each movementof the lever 135 is communicated to a pawl 145 that operates on aratchet wheel 146 to turn the toothed feed Wheel 147, the pins or teethof which engage with the central line of feed perforations. The sendingoperator may, therefore, at any time desired, throw into action theperforator which. as long as the above described conditions aremaintained, continues in op.- eration and produces a perforated tape 148which may be run through an automatic transmitter to repeat the messagecorresponding to its perforations.

When it is desired to throw the perforator. out of operation, acombination of signals V is sent that operates lever 30 and that one oflevers 33 which depresses the plunger 101 that lies over a lever 149.This lever raises the end of a second lever 150 and thereby depressesagainst a spring 151 a rod 152. This draws down the latch 144 fromengagement with the boX 132 and permits the latter to be withdrawn .fromthe influences of the punches by the action of spring 140.

Referring to Fig. 22. This illustrates the siX permutation bars, theblackened portions of which represent those notches in the bars whichare operative when the bars are moved to secure theadjustment necessaryto produce the character, applied to the draw-v ing. Of course, it willbe'understood that all of the bars have many more notches than are shownin this figure. For example, to print the letter A, one of the bars thatraises the type 'wheel two steps and anotherl bar which turns it onestep must be shifted to bring their notches into alinement. This havingbeen done there must be notches in all of the other barsWhiCh have notbeen moved, to permit the appropriate levers' to fall into theiroperative position. The black spaces, however, indicate the magnets 53that must be' operated. and the bars that must be shifted to secure thisresult.

In Fig. 21 there is shown diagrammatically such a keyboard as would beused in transmitting over the line the signals for operating thereceiver above described. It

will be understood'that the functions'of the several keys of this deviceare the same as that in'all cases of this kind, to operate or to controlmeans for sending to line a combination or set of .timed impulses"corresponding to the special key depressed. The drawing, so far as thefunction of each key 153 is concerned, is self-explanatory, thecharacter or name which each key bears indicatin sion. Those keys whichcontain two characters will transmit the lower character when depressed,but will not transmit the upper character until the shift key, as hererinbefore explained, has been operated.

Fig. 21 is a development of the type wheel described in connection withthis device.

The position of any character thereon shows what will be effected by itsdepres-A with respect to its initial position, how many turns or liftsof the wheel are required tol of my device are regarded as includedwith:

in my invention.

What I claim is:` l

1. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a translator,permutation plates or'bars therein and means for moving the sameaccording to the impulse transmitted, stop devices cooperativelyassociated with the said plates and adapted to move into the pathsthrough portions of said plates which their adjustment may afford, of atype-wheel capable vof rotary and of longitudinal movement, and meansfor adjusting the same to its different positions, the movements'ofwhich are limited in extent by engagement with those stop devices whichby their movement are interposed into the path of movement of saidmeans.

2. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a translator,permutation elements therein, means for moving the same according to theimpulses transmitted, and stop devices which move according to thevadjustment of such elements, of a type wheel and rack bars shifted bythe rotary and bythe longitudinal inovements of the same respectively,and limited in the eXtent of their movement by engagement with the stopdevices which by their movement are interposed in their path.

3. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination of a type-wheelcapable of rotary and longitudinal movement, and parts having a movementproportional thereto, of a translator, a single group of coperatingiper-mutation plates or bars therein, means for movingsaid plates inresponse to the particular impulses transmitted, a part of said platesbeing adapted to control the rotation and another part the longitudinalmovement of the type-wheel, stop devices engaging with and movableaccording to the adjustment of the permutation plates,into the path ofthe parts moving with the type-wheel, for determining the extent of thetwo movementsl imparted to the type-wheel, all of said stop devicesbeing associatedA with and operated by the said single group ofpermutation plates.

4. In a printing telegraph receiver, the

.combination with a type-wheel capable of to particular impulsestransmitted, a part of such elements beingl adapted to control therotary and another part the longitudinal movement of the type wheel, andthree classes of stop devices or levers movable according to theadjustment of the permutation elements, and all associated with andoperated by a single group of the same, one class being adapted todetermine the extent of rotary movement of the type-wheel, another classthe longitudinal movement of the same, and the third class adapted tocause other operations of the instrument,

5.' In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheelcapable of rotary and of longitudinal movement, of a translator, aseries of notched permutation bars therein, means for moving said barslongitudinally according to the character A.of the impulses transmitted,a retaining. bar, levers normally resting upon the retaining bar andadapted when said bar is withdrawn to fall into such alined notches asthe adjustment of the permutation bars may present, means forwithdrawing the retaining bar when the permutation bars are adjusted,andmeans for turning or lifting the typewheel and for performing otheropera-- tions in the machine according to that one of said levers whichmay be shifted.

6. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheelhaving a plurality of rows of characters and capable of movement aboutits axis and of movement in line with its axis, of a translator, meanscomprised in or controlled thereby for turning and for lifting the saidtype-wheel to bring any one of several rows of characters into line withthe printing position,`means Y for stopping the type-wheel when it hasreached the next to the last or highest posi-y tion, means for operatingthe same, and means for preventing said operation whereby the liftingmeans may operate to shift the type-wheel to a point beyond saidposition.

7 In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheelhaving a plurality of rows of characters and capable of movement abouti'ts axis and of movement in' line with its axis, of a translator, meanscomprised in or controlled thereby for turning and for shifting the saidtype-wheel, to bring any one of the several .rows of characters intoline with the printing position,

means for stopping the type-wheel when it has reached the next to thelast or limiting position, means for operating. the same, means adaptedto be interposed in the path of said stopping means for Vchecking' orpre.- venting its operating and means for interposingsaid stopping meanswhereby when operated the shifting means may move the type-wheel alongits axis to a point beyond such position.

8. In a printing ytelegraph receiver, the combination `with a type-wheelhaving a plurality of rows of characters and capable of movement aboutits axis and of movement in line with its axis, of a translator, meansAing means when said wheel has reached the next to its last or limitingposition, a stop adapted to be interposed in the path of said lever andmeans for interposing said stop whereby when operated the said shiftingmeans may 'move the type-wlieel along its shaft to a point beyond suchposition.

9. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-Avheelhaving a plurality of rows of characters and capable of movement aboutits axis and of movement in line with its axis, of a translator, meanscomprised in or controlled thereby for turning and for'shifting thesaidtypewheel to bring any one of several rows of characters into linewith the printing position, means for stopping the type-wheel when ithas reached the next to its last position, means for operating the same,means for locking or throwing the same out of operation, and specialcircuit connections and devices for operating the same whereby whenprevented from acting the shifting means may move the type-wheel alongits shaft to the last or final position.

10.*In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheelcapable of movement about its axis and of movement in line with itsaxis, of a series of permutation bars, means for moving the sameaccording to the character of the impulses transmitted, a series of stoplevers adapted to move into alined notches in said bars, which theadjustment of the latter may pre- A sent, mechanism controlled therebyfor lifting and turning the type-wheel toI its different positions, andmeans for throwing out of operation that lever which stops the typewheelin the next to its highest position, whereby the lifting mechanism willpass beyond said lever and raise the type wheel another step.

11. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheelcapable of movement about its axis and of movement in line with itsaxis, of a series of permutation bars and means for moving the' same ac-.cording to the character of the impulse transmitted, a `seriesof stoplevers adapted to move into alined notches in said bars, which theiradjustment may present, means for effecting the rotary and longitudinalmovement of the type-wheely and thereby bringing the same to itsdifferent positions,

a movable stop adapted to be brought into the path of the lever whichstops the typewheel in the next to its highest position, and

means for shifting said stop whereby the lifting mechanism will passbeyond the said lever and raise the type-wheel another step.

12. ln a printing telegraph receiver, the

.wheel in the next to its last or highest position, means for throwingthe same out of operation, whereby the lifting means may raise the saidtype-wheel beyond such position, printing mechanism and means connectedwith and operated by the same for restoring the said stopping meansafter a' character has been printed.

13. The combination with a printing telegraph receiver, and a translatorfor operat- I ing the same, permutation elements therein and means formoving the same according to the character of the signal transmitted, ofa perforating device, movable into and out of operative relation withthe receiver, punches therein in the path of the moving permutationelements, when the device is operatively connected with the receiver,and means under the control of the sending operator for shifting theperforator into or out'of operative relation with said receiver.

14. rl"he combination with a printing telegraph receiver, movable partstherein and means for moving said parts according to the impulsesreceived, of a perforator movable bodily into and out of operativerelation with the receiver, punches therein which, when the perforatorisl operatively connected with the neceiver, are operated by saidmovable parts in the latter, and means under the control of the sendingoperator for moving said perforator into or out of operative relationwith the receiver.

15. A printing telegraph receiver comprising in combination apowerdevice shaft, a type-wheel capable of movement about and in line withits axis, yielding connections with the power shaft for turning and forlifting the type-wheel, a translator for adjusting the position of thetype-wheel aci cording tothe character ofthe signal transmitted, andmeans for imparting to the power shaft a single revolution for eachsignal or combination of impulses received.

16. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with selecting,printing and feed mechanism for the paperv and for the type wheel, of atranslator for controlling the operation of the same, a series ofpermutation bars therein, means for adjusting said bars according to thecharacter of the signal transmitted and levers associated therewith thatmove according to the adjustment ofl the permutation bars to determinethe particular operation of the instrument, one or more of said leversbeing adapted to throw the printing and the type-wheel feedingmechanisms out of operation whenever they are not required for theoperation determined by the translator.

17. In a printing telegraph receiver, the

combination with the selecting, printing and feed mechanisms, of atype-wheel movable longitndinally with respect to the paper sheet, aspring wound by the forward movement of the type-wheel, two feed devicesfor moving the type-wheel in opposite directions, and a translator foroperating either of said feed mechanisms according to the character ofthe impulses acting upon it, whereby the type-wheel may be advanced orreturned step by step as desired.

18. In a printing telegraph receiver,I the combination with ftheselecting, printing and feed mechanisms, of a translator, permutationelements therein, and means for moving the same according to thecharacter of the signal transmitted, levers adapted to.

move according to the adjustment of the permutationelements, a powershaft adapted to make one revolution for each signal received, meansoperated' thereby for feeding the paper, and performing other operationsindependently of the movement of the type-wheel, and plungers connectedwith certain of the translator levers and adapted by the movement of thelatter to beshifted to complete the engagement of the power mechanismwith the paper feed or other devices.

19. In -a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with type-wheelsetting and printing mechanisms, of a translator for controlling thesame, a group of permutation bars therein--for moving the same accordingto the character of the signals transmitted, levers adapted to moveaccording4 to the adjustment of the said bars, one of the permutationbars having stops which when brought under the'said levers arrest themat an intermediate point-in their normal travel, and a rack-bar movableto an extent proportional to the arc through which the type-wheely isturned, said bar having an the printing mechanisml for unblocking saidstop and restoring the parts to their normal position.

In testimony whereof affixl my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. 15

JOHN EDWARD WRIGHT.

Witnesses: I

THOMAS J. BYRNE, WILLIAM P. JOHNSON.

